When Li Ze and Gongsun Changming arrived at the Huaide Hall of Taiji Palace, which was exclusive to the Military Committee, You Yong and a group of other generals of the Military Committee were already waiting.

The hall was brightly lit, and the few braziers that had just been lit made the room still filled with a thick smell of fireworks, and the fire had not yet burned, and the hall seemed a little cold, but at this time, obviously no one paid attention to this.

More than a dozen troops were busy around a huge sand table, and around them, there were a large number of wooden models, which they were now building in the sand table.

When they looked closer, they formed a model of the junction of Jiangxi and Hunan.

There are many such sand table models in the warehouses of the military commission, covering almost the entire Datang region, and the Datang internal guards who walk in the world re-survey the local terrain every time they go to a place, depict a map, and then send it back to Datang to make a model is an important task for them.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lu Lin had already made a report to You Yong and others about the coup d'état of Xiang Zhen in Guangzhou City and the bloody cleansing of his father's old ministry and the killing of Xiang Jun by Qian Shouyi of Hongzhou City.

"The enemy is infighting, this is a good thing for us!" You Yong's first reaction was joy. "I think the military action plan of Ren Xiaonian received today is still promising. If Xiangtan can really be taken, it will inevitably bring beneficial and gratifying changes to the Yiyang front line that is now facing each other. ”

Li Ze smiled faintly, looked at You Yong and said, "General You, Shi Zhuang confronted Ding Sheng on the front line of Yiyang, is it because we can't win against them?" ”

You Yong was stunned.

Of course, it's not that they can't win, it's just that the Northern Tang army doesn't want to fight now.

He reacted suddenly, since this is the case, what is the significance of Ren Xiaonian's attempt to take Xiangtan this time, and then force Yiyang to withdraw troops to help?

As he spoke, the sand table over there had been spliced together, and Li Ze walked to the edge of the sand table and stared at the sand table for a long time.

"Your Majesty, what are you worried about?" You Yong walked up to Li Ze and asked suspiciously.

"Ren Xiaonian's department!" Li Ze knocked on the sand table. "According to the report sent by Ren Xiaonian, his 10,000 troops are almost out of the nest, and in the Yu Xiaowen Department behind him, if you want to fill this gap, it will take at least ten days of effort, and in ten days, a lot can happen."

"Are you worried about Qian Shouyi?" You Yong said: "He just washed Hongzhou with blood and cleaned up his father's subordinates, I'm just afraid that the situation is stabilizing at the moment, where is the spare strength to do this?" ”

"I'm just talking about a possibility!" Li Zedao: "Judging from Xiang Zhen's incident, it is obvious that he has been planning for a long time, so Qian Shouyi in Hongzhou may not have a plan." You see, if Qian Shouyi suddenly sent troops to capture Yichun at this time, he would cut off the back road of Ren Xiaonian's department. ”

You Yong looked at Yichun's position on the sand table and disagreed: "Your Majesty, I don't think Qian Shouyi has the courage to block Ren Xiaonian's back road, because this means that he is very likely to be attacked by the counterattack from Ren Xiaonian and Yu Xiaowen's reinforcements, does Qian Shouyi have the ability to block the attack of our army from two directions?" ”

"What if there was only one direction? Is there only one Yu Xiaowen? Li Ze took a deep breath and said, "Now in this season, with the local traffic conditions in Jiangxi, even if Yu Xiaowen's department arrives in Yichun within ten days at the fastest speed, how much heavy equipment can they bring?" I dare say they can't carry a single artillery. ”

Hearing Li Ze say this, You Yong gasped: "Your Majesty, are you saying that Ren Xiaonian's 10,000-strong army may not even have the ability to return to the army to counterattack?" ”

"If he encounters a trap in Zhuzhou, Xiangtan and other places." Li Ze said slowly.

"Impossible!" You Yong said categorically: "Judging from the information we have received so far, there is no change in Hunan, their elite troops are all concentrated on the Yiyang line, in Xiangtan, Changsha, Zhuzhou and other places, there are only 20,000 Hunan troops, with 20,000 troops, they want to limit Ren Xiaonian's 10,000 troops, I don't think there is such a possibility?" ”

Li Ze ignored You Yong, but picked up a few flags from the table and planted them on the sand table.

"This is the Hunan army in Xiangtan, Zhuzhou, Changsha and other places?" You Yong tilted his head and looked at the flags.

Li Ze picked up a few other red ones and inserted them between Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, this time You Yong understood that these red flags should represent Ren Xiaonian's troops.

"Your Majesty, it was Liu Xinda's troops who attacked Zhuzhou first. By the time Ren Xiaonian entered Zhuzhou, the Hunan Army in Zhuzhou should have suffered heavy losses, and it would be impossible to maintain its structure. You Yong couldn't help but say.

Li Ze pondered for a moment, and then picked up a few yellow flags, but this time they were prominently planted on the boundary of Zhuzhou.

You Yong suddenly jumped up: "Who is this army, did it fall from the sky?" ”

Gongsun Changming on the side understood it, and said faintly: "This yellow flag, I'm afraid it's Liu Xinda's." ”

You Yong suddenly jumped up.

Li Ze glanced at him and said, "I just have this guess, and I don't have any evidence." But this is not impossible, Mr. Gongsun, don't you say? ”

Gongsun Changming nodded: "It is indeed possible." Liu Xinda was forced by us to go all the way south, to say that this person does not hate us in his heart, it is impossible, if there is a chance to pit us, he is afraid that he will never let go of such an opportunity. After all, from now on, he will be far away from our sight, in his opinion, this is the sky is high and the birds fly, the sea is wide and the fish swim, since we can't help him, why don't he do it to vent his hatred? ”

You Yong said in a trembling voice: "In this way, Liu Xinda's fight against Zhuzhou is very likely to be a bureau that he and Hunan did together?" ”

Li Ze pressed his hands on the sand table and said: "I guess this is based on a premise, that is, Xiang Zhen has connected Jiangxi, Hunan and other places, and can mobilize the armies of these two places. Considering that Qian Hongyi has successfully taken power in Jiangxi, and Ding Taiyi is trapped in Guangzhou City, this possibility is not impossible. Once such a situation is formed, then it is very likely that he will take advantage of this opportunity to swallow Ren Xiaonian's department in one gulp. ”

"Xiang Zhen is only afraid that he can't wait to drink Liu Xinda's meat and sleep with Liu Xinda's skin, can he trust Liu Xinda in such a thing?" You Yong asked rhetorically.

"How can a person like Xiang Zhen give up his immediate interests because of past grievances?" Li Ze shook his head.

"For Ren Xiaonian's department, the most dangerous thing is not the Hunan army, nor the Jiangxi Qian Hongyi behind him, but Liu Xinda's department! No matter how careless Ren Xiaonian is, he will not relax his vigilance against these two forces. Gongsun Changming said: "Because Ren Xiaonian must be like you, thinking that it is impossible for Liu Xinda and Xiang Zhen to reconcile." ”

"If Ren Xiaonian waives his troops to attack Xiangtan after getting Zhuzhou, and at this time, Liu Xinda's department suddenly bites back, kills a horse gun, and seizes Zhuzhou, then Ren Xiaonian's department will inevitably lose all the logistical support, and the entire army will be exposed to ice and snow. At this time, the Hunan army, which had been prepared for a long time, would inevitably pounce. Li Ze said: "No matter how strong our army's combat effectiveness is, in such weather, without supplies, without understanding the local terrain and climate, and not adapting to the situation, I am afraid that a major defeat is inevitable." ”

You Yong shuddered, "But it's too late to stop it now, even if we rush eight hundred miles and send people all the way day and night, we won't be able to catch up with it at all." ”

"I'm afraid that now, Ren Xiaonian has already started to act." Li Ze sighed. "I now only expect that all my guesses are wrong. Even if it's true, only part of it is. If Ren Xiaonian only faced the Hunan army in Xiangtan, Zhuzhou, then he gritted his teeth and took Xiangtan at a certain price, maybe he could still hold on until Yu Xiaowen's department had already opened Yichun to support. If the Hunan army did everything to transfer troops from Yiyang in advance to help, then he would be really in trouble. ”

You Yong clenched his fists suddenly: "Your Majesty, we should make the necessary response." ”

Li Ze turned around, left the sand table, walked to the main hall, was silent for a moment, and said, "Of course you have to respond." General You, whether you can catch up or not, what you should do is still what you have to do. Li Mi didn't need to say more, once Yichun was cut off, she naturally knew that Ren Xiaonian was in big trouble, and she would definitely come out of the nest. Eight hundred miles to rush to Shi Zhuang, once there is the above-mentioned intelligence department, his department, immediately attack on all fronts, and take Yiyang for me. ”

"Yes!"

"If we have such a heavy loss, then we have to compensate for it!" Li Zedao.

"I'll do it right away!" You Yong didn't want to wait any longer, saluted Li Ze, turned around and walked out, and behind him, a group of members of the military committee followed.

Only Li Ze, Gongsun Changming, and Lu Lin were left in the main hall.

"Your Majesty, when necessary, you can use Tengjian, or you can bring a way out of life for Ren Xiaonian's department." Gongsun Changming said softly.

"I'm worried that this matter is so secret, Liu Xinda won't trust anyone at all, but the mystery will be revealed at the end of the day, at this time, what else can Tengjian do? What's more, even if your personnel set off now, it won't be too late to inform Tengjian. The soldiers and horses led by Teng Jian are Liu Xinda's core subordinates, how many people can Teng Jian really master? In the absence of any instructions from us, I am afraid that Tengjian will not make any moves. ”

Gongsun Changming sighed: "I hope we just have a false alarm." Your Majesty, in fact, this matter, it is no wonder that the front-line soldiers, they are not like us can have more comprehensive information, they only know that there has been a big change in Jiangxi, but they do not know that there is also a big problem in Guangzhou, in such a situation, it is understandable to make a miscalculation. ”

"Xiang Zhen is not ready to go on like this stalemate with us, once this incident happens, the war between the two sides will be inevitable and will inevitably be carried out in advance." Li Ze walked to the sand table in annoyance, looked at the line of Xiangtan in Changsha, and suddenly punched down, smashing the area into a mess.